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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

A keeper in the Erie County On, W
almshouse says that in his experience one
of the peculiar freaks OF insanity is the
seeming reversal of natural tendencies.
"For instance" he says, I'VE have in the
male wards fine collections of potted
plants and climbing vines, which grow
so luxuriously that they curtain the win
dows. The men tend them carefully,
pluck away the dead leaves, stir up the
dirts in the pots, prune the vines, keep
them carefully watered, and In divers
other ways manifest the tenderest watch
fulness No so with the women. Every
attempt to introduce plants and vines as
feature of the female wards, save in the
cottage where the mildest cases are con.
fined, has proved fiat failure. The
women pull ont the plants by the roots,
tear down the vines, and manifest other
destructive tendencies entirely at vari.
ance with the nature of the sex in gen.
eral -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30
IN RAGS AND STARVING.

The Surv vnr of the Whnler Nnpoleou-
Erighttul suffering in the Arctic seas.
Full details have been received of the rescue
of sailor named Vincent, who is the only
survivor of the whaling bark Napoleon, lost
10 the Arctic seas three years ago. The res
cue of Vincent was effected by the united
efforts of the revenue ship Bear, rs re-
lated in former dispatches, in an Indian vii
lage near N0tuiin VINCENT was in deplor.
able condition when rescued. The miser-
able Indian clothing which partly covered
him was tied upon his body in order to keep
it from falling Off, and his head was Shaven
in Indian style. When properly clothed and
nourished, the unfortunate man was able to
give a history OF his terrible suffering.
When the whaling bark Napoleon, of which
he was one OF the crew, was crushed in the
ice, all hands took to the boats without pro-
curing provisions of any description. Soon
after leaving the bark the boats became sep
srated, the one in which Vincent was and an.
other going together. Each of those boats
contained nino men, who were sometimes
on ice and sometimes in the boats for
many days During this time their food con-
sisted solely of two small seals and the
leather Of their boots. The weather was bit.
terly cold, their hands, feet, ears and noses
became IfOZen ana uIOppct on W ueh Ihe
boats finally reached the shore, only five Of
eighteen men comprising their crews re.
manned. OF these, Vincent was the only one
who was able to walk Two Of the men who
landed died shortly after going ashore, and
the natives reported that tho survivors ate
the flesh off the body OF their dead conf
panions Vincent, the mate and sailor
alone remained. The two latter succumbed
to death during the first winter, and Vincen.
was left among the natives. He had lived
with the Indians for two years and half,
and when at last succored, he was a most
pitiful specimen of humanity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

The United States Treasury agent in
charge of the Alaskan seal islands reports
that the British marauders, during the
last season, have taken SO, 600 skins on
the islands belonging to the United
States. The seals are killed not in the
waters within the disputed jurisdiction,
but on the islands. The British case is
made up on the theory that the offences
against the statutes of the United States
are committed within the waters which
are claimed to be part of the high seas.
The fact seems to be that the British ves-
sells land their crews on the islands and
kill the seals during the breeding season.
The offense has far larger importance,
therefore, than is involved in an occa-
sional infrdction of the rights of this
country. If the British position is
agreed to, the result must be the exter-
mination Of the seals,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

The Boston Transcript enthusiastically
exclaims: "What a country we have
altogether ! One section of it that was
untouched in 1880 is now producing
1000, 900 tons of iron annually, and an
other section (Montans) scarcely known
in 1880, is producing so, 100000 pounds
of copper in year. Another Qdaho) has
a mountain of sulphur and another
(Wyoming) has vast areas of petroleum
within its borders. California has sent
over 81, 900, 900, 600 of gold to the United
States mint, and is also veritable gar
den spot. America finds iron tonic. In
her iron ores she can furnish food, cloth.
ing, shelter, and resources for any posi-
bic millions of population. And with
the rapid extension of science (America,
by the way, took away the five gold
medals at the last Paris electrical expo.
sition-took the whole tive) beyond the
present limits of imaginable experience,
who can but feel the great responsibility
for developing not only these material
resources, but also those moral and politi-
cal virtues that alone make blessing OF
wealth to the common well being 2"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

The New York Times says that zone
gentleman who has given much thought.
full attention to recent Southern progress
he is a member of the New York
Stock Exchange and an investorin various
Southern enterprises-makes statement
of general interest by saying that one OF
the chief opportunities in the South now
is for the mechanic. He doesn't mean
only for the worker in iron and the like
that pig iron furnaces and founderies
must employ, but the artisan in every
branch. In towns like Admission and
Decatur, in Alabama, as in Chattanooga,
Birmingham and elsewhere, there is a
daily increasing demand for the skilled
mechanic. Carpenters, bricklayers, plas-
terers, and the like can command as
good wages in these prosperous Southern
places as they are able to obtain in New
York, while the cost of good living is
not much more than half. In all of the
industrial towns of the South houses are
rented far faster than they can be built. "
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

The sword recently presented to Gen
eral Miles by the people of Arizona is
said to be, with one possible exception,
the finest gift of the kind ever received
by an officer of our army. The hilt is of
white shark skin and gold, and is set
with huge amethyst. 1t is ornamented
also with an engraved portrait of Chief
Natchez. The scabbard, which is of gold,
bears on one side portrait of Geronimo,
and series of pictures of warfare on the
frontier. On the other side is the in.
scription Of presentation. The Spanish
blade is so perfectly tempered that its
point can be made, by bending, almost
to touch the hilt. The cost is kept secret,
but is supposed to be not less than
$4,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

Washington is the best shaded city in
the world. At present there are 90, 900
shade trees in its streets, most of them in
flourishing condition. Of this number
28,305 are soft or white naples, S32
sugar and black or southern naples,
2, 1856 Norway naples, S64 scarlet or red
422 sycamores, 4, 043 ash-leaved naples,
8, ,191 American lindens, 1850 Carolina
poplars, 5,3G5 American elms, European
elms and mixed elms, 4, $40 sycamores,
or butte wood, and European plane trees,
mfr
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

Statistics are not always amusing but
often suggestive. and those of the Dead
Letter Office are depressing: 4,5OO, 900
letters were last year sent to the Dead
Letter Office for various reasons, Of which
$500, 600 were unclaimed letters, 49,.
$50 were returned from hotels, 314, ZOO
were misdrected, 1873, 900 were held for
unpaid postage, IA, 1874 were without
address. Of these 4, ,044, 845 were opened.
1,618,S2j were returned to writer's and
1855, $50 were destroyed Of the above
letters II, 385 contained money; 2O,9GO,
drafts; "a, AGO. receipts, paid notes. etc,
and 1000 contained postage stamps.
Most of these are sent by occasional let.
ter writers, who find the writing and
mailing an irksome duty; and the loss
of letter to them is more annoying
than the loss of letter to business
house.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

Cities with I, 900, 900 inhabitants auo
upwards have never been plentiful In any
age of the world, land their number isvery
limited now. There are four such cities
in Europe, three or four in Asia, and but
one on this Continent. The doubt in re.
gard to the number in Asia arises from
the fact that it is difficult to determine
whether the claim of Marking to l, ,0O0,,
600 inhabitants is correct or not. Assum.
ing it, however, to be just, the rank Of
the very great cities of the world, based
ou the censuses of 1880 and 1891, would
stand as follows:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

A farmer near Hudson, Mich, got his
wife to help him lower his moving ma
chine from the barn loft, where it had
been stored. He fastened a rope to it,
and passing it over pulley asked his
wife to hold the end until he descended.
She had just then taken a hitch with the
rope around her waist, when the mower
crashed down to the floor, and stimuli.
taneously she shot up where the mud
wasps do their nest hiding. There has
been only one subject of conversation in
that family since, and she has done all
he talking.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30
Scientific men in Mexico are beginning

Scientific men in Mexico are beginning
to study the meteorological phenomena
which are believed to be due to the build
ing of railways in the country Recent
serious damage done by washouts on the
northern section of the Mexican Central
road was due to waterspouts bursting on
the track, and it is n curious fact that
waterspouts seem to be attracted by the
iron track and telegraph wires. Resi-
dents of the interior say that nm electric
current runs along the track, which makes
q convenint avenue for storms, and re-
Gently, in building the Guadalajara
branch of the Mexican Central, it has
been noted b. the engineers that as fast
as the construction advances rain follows.
They hold that this is due to the large
quantity of steel rails on flat cars, which
are carried forward as fast as the work of
construction permits. The most noticea-
BILE fact is that the country is dry in adj
vance of the construction trains, and
also behind them for many miles. Rains
beat down, as described, in bucketfuls,
just where the steel rails are, but cnV in
circles a few miles in diameter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30
THOSE BATTLE FLAGS.
Men who Filled Rebel Prisons Insist
that They Shall Not 60.

At a session of Union ex-prisoners of the
war the following resolution was adopted
1--WE consider that the rebel flags captured
during the war of rebellion should be held
sacred by the national government that
future generations may know Of the gallant
deeds Of tho Thousands of Union soldiers who
lost their lives III defence Of the Union, and
that the President of the United States should
comply with the law by displaying them in
some public place"
1t was resolved to do away with all state
associations and require all local associa-
tions to report directly TO the national body
1t was directed that hill be drafted, pre-
sented TO the G.. A. r. for Endorsement, and
then placed before congress, calling for PEN
sions for prisoners, those who were in prison
three months to receive quarter pension; six
months, half pension; nine months, three
quarter pension, and those more than nine
months full pension. Also to receive an al
lowancc of 81 per day for all time spent in
the prisons
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

Within the past three years four cases
that have excited national interest have
been tried in Chicago, and in each case
the jury has brought in verdict which
has accorded with the evidence and
public opinion. The juries are known
as the "Joe" Mackin jury, the Anarch-
ist jury, the McGarigle jury and the
"boodle" commissioners jury. A con-
viction has been secured in every case.
The results are that Mackin, tried for
altering election returns, is in prison,
the anarchists are awaiting the decision
of the court on an application for new
trial, McGarigle has escaped to Canada,
and the "boodle' commissioners have
either paid their fines or are awaiting
the issue of an appeal to a higher court.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

The various computations of the
amount spent yearly in this country on
liquor are very curious. One speaker at
temperance meeting at Brockton, Mass.
asserted that from the sum spent every
year on liquor 1000 81 gold pices might
be put on each word in the bible, and
that even then there would be 500, 900 to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

The United States Signal Service now
embraces 1s2 stations, from which re-
ports are made daily, and employs about
400 men, exclusive Of a couple of hun.
dred clerks in Washington.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30
VOL. XIV.

One great test of business prosperity
and activity in this country for some
years has been the extent of construction
of railroads, and as a reflex Of this the
condition of the iron business. At pres
ent both these businesses are prosperous
and active.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

According to the United States Postal
laws and the United States Revised
Statutes, husband or wife cannot open
one another's letters, and may be prose-
cuted under Section 1892 of the Re,
vised Statutes for so doing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

1t is stated that in ten years ten mill
ion acres of forest have been destroyed
by fire in the United States. In the
South it is common to burn off the tim
Der so that the lands may grow better
pasture.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-30

They who boast most fail most, for
deeds are silent.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26
THE NEWS CONDENSED.


MAGGIE BEADING, the 16-yeor-old
bed-ridden daughter Of miner at Banks
vile, Pa, announced last November that
at o'clock p. m. February ~, 1887. she
would be restored 10 health. AT the APP
pointed hour she arose from her bed, flung
aside her crutches, and danced about the
room, 10 the amazement OF q number OF
people who had gathered TO witness the
miracle.
CAPTAIN UNoER, who murdered Ed
ward Bohle, cut mp bis body, and shipped
il TO Baltimore, was found guilty OF man
slaughter in the first degree, Mt New York,
and sentenced 10 twenty years imprison-
ment at hard labor.
OFFICER MCINTYRE, who was suspend
ed in Philadelphia. entered and captured
one Of the police stations while drunk, and
il was with the greatest difficulty that he
was arrested. He had on his person eight
loaded pistols. which he used freely on his
brother officers, and IL was not until a
bullet took him in the arm that any
thing conld be done with him
Lightning fred the cotton docks at Temp
kinsyille, Staten Island. Two employees
were killed by falling walls, and the esti-
mated loss by the flames is $500, 600. ...
One of the Election Board of Scranton,
Pa. was sent 10 Jail in default of bail for
tamperin0 With the election returns.
The Emery Opera House at Titusyille, Pa,
valued at $4,000, was destroyed by fire.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

THE great rolling mill at wheatland,
Pa, is being repaired by Pittsburgh cap
italists, and will be converted into an ex-
tensiye pipe iron mill, employing hundreds
of men
The Knights OF Labor and the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron and Steel Work.
ers are in conflict at Mingo. Ohio, regard
ing strike in the Junction Iron Works.
The leaders OF the Knights have ordered
their men back, while the association will
not permit its members TO return until their
demands are conceded. A conflict be-
tween both orders is imminent. +. The
Meier Iron Works, erected opposite South
ST. Louis at cost Of 81, 100000 are about
to be started up, after having been idle for
several years.
THE meat company organized by the
Marquis de Mores proposes TO shut Chi
cago dressed beef out of New York by
making every retail butcher a stakeholder.
Should this scheme fail, the monopoly
threatens to open several hundred shops on
It's own account.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26
THE RAILWAYS.

OFFICIALS of the st. Paul Road are
testing two systems Of heating cars without
stoves. one being the dissemination OF
steam from the locomotive through the
coaches by pipes.
IN the matter of the recent disastrous
collision at Republic, Ohio, ON the Bali-
more and Ohio Road, the Coroner's jury
lays the blame wholly upon the company,
which was using poor engine and en-
ployed carele 50 or inexperienced trainmen.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad has been notified from Washing
ton that IL would be given sixty days to
show cause why legal proceedings should
not be instituted TO recover its lands in Ne
braska in excess of the quantity to which
il is entitled, and also why the tracts north
of its definite location should not be cam
celed. Over 100000 acres OF land are in
xOlyad
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26
THE WEST.

PATRICK TULLY, an expressman ut Ut.
Joseph. Mo-, long since secreted $4,000 in
his cellar. with the knowledge of lis wife
and daughter. When he failed TO find il, n
negro fortune-teler told h IN IL had been
stolen by his SON law. In the quarrel
which ensued, Mrs. Tully died and the
children removed TO Kansas City. The old
man has lately discovered his treasure, and
ia delirious over the ruin IL wrought.
Az the meeting OF the Illinois Department,
q. A. r., the action of President Cleve-
land in yetoing the dependent pension bill
was condemned, and members OF Congress
were asked TO pass the measure over the
veto. A tribute TO the late General Logan
was adopted. Captain A. @. Sweetser, OF
Bloomington. was elected Department Com
mnnder, and Springfield was chosen as the
next place of meeting
SEVERE earthquake shock was felt at
Fredericktown, Mo-. last week The Chi
capo anarchists are again showing their
teeth. AZ meeting the other night the
speaker shouted loudly for bullets and
force The labor movement IN Chicago, the
Chairman said, had been dragged into poll
tics by reactionary politicians and dema-
gogues. IL was therefore the duty OF every
thinking man 90 tell workingmen that they
were HllrkuluCnf Auht Ni'NtANh'Nf'hr
not help them, that one revolver was far
better argument than five dozens OF votes,
and that il was the social revolution alone
the workingmen should expect their saliva
ton from. Other speakers followed in the
same strain.
The police OF Cincinnati have arrested n
man giving his name as Charles +. Baker,
on suspicion of being the fellow who has
regularly pinched ladies on the street at
night until their cheeks or arms we're black
and blue. He was pointed out by victim.
~. Dairymen az Elgin, H.. complain
that the oleomargarine law has diminished
the demand for their product in Chi
cago. aud predict that creamery butter will
not bring over thirty cents n pound for
years 10 come. A heavy snow-storm
swept over the eastern slope OF the Rocky
Mountains, and besides the damage to tele-
graph wires several persons were frozen
and hundreds Of cattle were buried. Heavy
SHOWS also visited Michigan. . Morris
Hatfield shot his wife NJ Bethany, ILL.,, and
then shot himself. He died nj once, but
his wife will recover.
THE court at Sioux City, Iowa, imposed
fines ranging from $3.50 TO 5000 against the
saloon keepers of that place, ordered them
committed until the amounts were paid,
and also that their places be sealed by the
Sheriff. Only one saloon remains.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26
THE sOUTrr.

A POLICEMAN in Atlanta, having noted
that q colored man was regularly calling at
residences with large basket, made the
discovery that IL contained whisky, sugar,
glasses. and teaspoons, arranged in q
framework. =. Block, Oppenheimer Il Co,
Wholesale dry goods and footwear mt Gal
weston, Texas. transferred their entire
stock and business premises In payment OF
local debts aggregating S226,O00. Their
total liabilities are placed nj S75OOOO,
principally due in the East, nearly all OF
which Is said to be unsecured.
THE citizens Of Harrison Miss, finding
that the negroes were steadily being in
duccd to emigrate TO the swamp country.
gave a business man named Hammond
twenty-four hours TO leave town, aud he
fed 10 Nicksburg. The people of Fayette
took the same course with n. II. Mcclure.
The defalcation OF Thomas M. Joseph,
Treasurer Of tie Texas Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows, is $23, 1s5, which was lost In
mining speculntions four years ago. Mr..
Joseph is nearly 20 years of age, and was
formerly Mayor OF Galveston. The order
intends to send him to the pcnitentiary.
A CAVE has been discovered In Marshall
County. Kentucky, in which are many
rooms Of great extent. Two skeletons.
5000 in gold and silver. and quantity OF
silverware we're found in one OF the cham
bers. IL is believed 20 have been the hid
Of gucrillas during the war.
eTHE law and order committed" OF Union
City, Tenn. visited and whipped three no
gro men and one woman. They were
masked, and no cause was assigned.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26
GENERAL.

THE Minnesota Thrasber Company has
been organized at New York with s5,000,-
600 and these officers: President. ID. Il.
Dewey; Secretary, II. A. Kirk; Treasurer,
+. A. Prince of Saltwater, Mimi. II is
understood that the company controls the
credits OF the Northwestern Car Company
of Saltwater, Mimi.
The committee of Catholics on the Nc
Glynn case has called on workingmen all
over the country TO hold mass meetings of
their unions 10 rally around DIR. McGlynn
and denounce political interference from
Roma
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26
Boston society Eplsode.

Introductions OF strangers are apt to
be at all times n trifle embarrassing,
but particularly so at crowded recep-
tons, whore people are aprung on each
other without the least preparation.
One afternoon a man was walked up 10
a lady by the hostess, presented, and
abandoned 10 his fate. the lady having
caught only her ow4 name, which 90
tainly did her no hood. A keenness
for hearing ones own patronynic is
not natural, but in tbis instance il was
the strangers namk she desired 10
know, for his face Has new, and evil
IDENTIFY he was not oftBoston. nor Bos-
tonese However. hoping IL would
dawn upon her later y she began TO
chat in the customary umall talk-sccep.
ton vein. and then, seting Mile. l&hea
in the distance. she ask III this handsome
unknown: "Had he sebn Mademoisello
play since she had beqh in town." In
cold and naughty ton9 the gentleman
responded: IL am ensupport !" Tab
lcau l--Bosfon Herdlb.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26
WASHINGTON.

CAPTAIN GRIZZLY, the Arctic explorer.
has been appointed Chief Of the signal
Service, with the rank of Brigadieg Gen.
oral. (. The Attorney General has decided
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-26

tory amendment. Both houses Of the In
diana Legislature have passed bill appro-
priating 100000 for the erection Of a
soldiers monument in Circle Park, at
indianapolis.